Kenji Gion ist ein kleiner Schüler des ersten Jahres der Highschool. An seinem ersten Tag an der Kanagawa Prefectural High School trifft er den großen Sumiaki Iwashimizu, während eines Rugbyspiels. Kenji freundet sich mit Sumiaki an und tritt schon bald dem Rugby-Club bei.
Natsusa Yuzuki hat sich eine Universität mit einem guten Rugby-Klub ausgesucht, in der Hoffnung dort das Ass zu werden. Leider kommt es, wie es kommen muss und Natsusa wird zusammen mit seinem Freund Ibuki Ueoka in einen Unfall verwickelt, woraufhin beide mit dem Rugby aufhören. Wild entschlossen, dem Rugby nicht den Rücken zu kehren, entscheidet sich Natsusa Manager des Clubs zu werden. Dort trifft er auf Yasunari Tsuru und Yuu Mashiro, zwei Neulinge, die das genaue Gegenteil voneinander sind. Auch Seiichirou Shingyouji, seinen besten Freund aus Kindertagen, trifft er dort wieder. Zusammen versuchen die fünf Männer, das beste Rugby-Team in Kansais Liga zu werden.
Getting everyone ready for a Six Nations weekend. Gabby Logan and Gareth Thomas are joined by stars and famous fans to look ahead with previews, predictions and a packed crowd.
In the story, Russian gymnastics champion Nastya quits her favorite sport due to a conflict with her coach. Unable to imagine life without victories, the girl goes to women's rugby. Max, who left boxing and mixed martial arts at one time, trains in the men's team of the same club. Everyone in their team is exploring the honest, uncompromising and brutal world of rugby.
Mako, a sexy young teacher, comes to Gyunabe high school to enlighten young minds. What she wasn't counting on was a class full of misfits lead by the delinquent Obayashi. If their never ending quest to see her underwear and embarrass her in front of the whole school doesn't force her to quit, then her principal's brilliant idea of making her the new rugby coach will.
Rugby legend, Springbok kicking king, Currie Cup winner, Super Rugby mascot - Derick Hougaard has been a household name in South Africa for years. And people always have a lot to say about him. But in the new kykNET documentary series, Hougaard: Liefling van Loftus, this former rugby player opens his heart to give his side of the story.
Round after round, match after match, Europe's best teams battle to take home the trophy in the 2023 Six Nations Championship.
Zum ersten Mal überhaupt lässt das Rugbyteam der New Zealand All Blacks, bekannt als Team mit den meisten Siegen in der Sportgeschichte, Kameras in ihre geheime Welt und zeigt eine der schwersten Saisons bisher. Vier Monate lang stellen sie sich den Anforderungen des körperlich härtesten Teamsports der Erde, um weiter nach der über ein Jahrhundert bestehenden Exzellenz und Dominanz zu streben.
„Mud, Sweat and Tears“ wirft einen Blick hinter die Kulissen der besten Rugbymannschaften der englischen Gallagher Premiership, und folgt nach einer turbulenten Saison den emotionalen Höhen und Tiefen der Spieler und Trainer. In diesem äußerst brutalen Sport sind die Play-offs der krönende Abschluss einer harten Saison und bietet den Spielern die Chance auf einen sportlichen Triumph.
Miniseries based upon the autobiographical novel by sport jounalist Kléber Haedens.
A former rugby star, whose career was ruined by a drug scandal, returns after three years as a coach for his old high school’s struggling rugby team. There, he reunites with his ex-girlfriend, who is now a shooting coach at the same school.
The team’s captain, a hardworking third-year student who switched from soccer to rugby, deals with envy and feelings of inferiority but is determined to succeed. Together, they work to turn the team around and find redemption.
This two-part documentary series follows England’s Red Roses as they prepare for this year’s World Cup in New Zealand. As the No1 ranked side in the world, they are favourites to lift the trophy.
Injury is every athlete’s dread – the instant hard-fought careers plunge from glory to gut-wrenching disaster. From the moment of damage, a small army of doctors, physios, surgeons, coaches and support teams swings into action. This series follows the extraordinary real-life drama of trauma, surgery, rehab and, for the lucky ones, return to glory. Every damaged athlete has a personal story – the shock of injury, the brutality of surgery, the burden of rehab and the emotional return to doing what they live for: playing elite competitive sport.
Twenty-eight finalists have been selected from thousands of applicants around the world – in Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, the United Kingdom and United States. They will be pushed to the absolute limits of physical and psychological endurance, with searching assessments of their rugby league skills, in a quest to win the ultimate prize. The winner of The NRL Rookie will land the coveted prize of a contract with one of the 16 clubs in the National Rugby League.
Chasing the Sun is a powerful SuperSport documentary made in collaboration with the Springboks and tells the rousing tale of their path to redemption and World Cup glory in 2019.
England's Rugby World Cup-winning legends have come together after 20 years to take on a unique challenge behind the walls of a jail - using the power of sport to turn around prisoners' lives.
Phil Gould, Paul Gallen, James Bracey & more debate the biggest issues in Rugby League alongside the games most influential figures.